Why In The World Would You Have

Bear In Mind That Brains And Learning, Like Muscle And Physical Skill, Are Articles Of Commerce. They Are Bought And Sold. You Can Hire Them By The Year Or By The Hour. The Only Thing In The World Not For Sale Is Character.

You're Looking At Me As Though I'm Weird. My God! Are You So Out Of Touch With Most Of America, Most Of Which Believes In The Devil? I Mean, Jesus Christ Believed In The Devil! It's In The Gospels! You Travel In Circles That Are So, So Removed From Mainstream America That You Are Appalled That Anybody Would Believe In The Devil! Most Of Mankind Has Believed In The Devil, For All Of History. Many More Intelligent People Than You Or Me Have Believed In The Devil.

The Court's Decision Reflects The Philosophy That Judges Should Endure Whatever Interpretive Distortions It Takes In Order To Correct A Supposed Flaw In The Statutory Machinery. That Philosophy Ignores The American People's Decision To Give Congress '[a]ll Legislative Powers' Enumerated In The Constitution. They Made Congress, Not This Court, Responsible For Both Making Laws And Mending Them.

It Is Difficult To Maintain The Illusion That We Are Interpreting A Constitution, Rather Than Inventing One.

If You Think Aficionados Of A Living Constitution Want To Bring You Flexibility, Think Again. You Think The Death Penalty Is A Good Idea? Persuade Your Fellow Citizens To Adopt It. You Want A Right To Abortion? Persuade Your Fellow Citizens And Enact It. That's Flexibility.